Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to.

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

I never regret anything and I don't believe in regret. I think it's just a big time-waster.

There are people in the world who won't watch a movie that's in black and white. There's got to be a special place in hell for them.

Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition?

When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.

Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.

There is no other possible way to a meaningful life other than going through your positive purpose on earth.

I don't see the point in worrying now that I a half-dead and not when I was okay.

One must not cheat anybody not even the world of one's triumph.

Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.

Climbing trees is still one of my favorite things to do. A tree and a good book and I'm happy.

It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.

It is not our task to judge the worthiness of our path; it is our task to walk our path with worthiness.

I read a ton of paper every day. I read the newspapers, I read my intelligence materials, I read all the briefing materials. I read the newspaper in hard copy.

I need as much of the business of making a film to be in my own workspace. It really ought to be a bit more like doing a novel, alone, at first. I'm feeling my way.